Presbyterian Mission Agency Financial Aid Archives

Samuel Robinson Award winner memorizes Westminster Shorter Catechism

Posted January 8th, 2021

In the summer of 2020, Lydia Miller was feeling somewhat lonely and isolated. Except for her college experience, for the first time she was living away from home — in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as a print design intern at Our Daily Bread Ministries.

‘Surprised by joy’

Posted November 13th, 2020

The Rev. Stacy Smith says she has been “surprised by joy” as she looks back at the last five years of her life.

‘It’s like they wanted to throw money at people’

Posted October 12th, 2020

The Rev. John Russell Stanger doesn’t like talking about money, or his student loan debt.

‘Dipping Deeper’ into the why and how of forming lifelong disciples

Posted October 8th, 2020

During the final day of the virtual workshop “Dipping Deeper Into the Well of PC(USA) Ministries,” more than 50 Christian educators, pastors and other Presbyterian leaders heard panel discussions and wrestled with questions on how to form lifelong disciples who are grounded in the Reformed tradition and equipped for peacemaking, witnessing and working for justice and equity for all God’s people.

Deadline approaching for Katie Geneva Cannon Scholarship

Posted May 4th, 2020

Applications are now being accepted for the Katie Cannon Scholarship, sponsored by the Women’s Ministry Fund.

Emergency student loan management enacted during COVID-19 crisis

Posted April 2nd, 2020

New resources from the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s Financial Aid for Service provide guidance on how to manage one’s student loans, now that the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES) has been signed into law by President Donald Trump.

PC(USA) students attending any accredited seminary can apply now for a $6,000 scholarship

Posted March 17th, 2020

Thanks to revisions within Presbyterian Mission Agency’s Financial Aid for Service, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) students attending any accredited seminary in the U.S. can now apply for 2020-21 graduate scholarships awards at pcusa.org/apply4scholarships.

Presbyterian college students can apply now for a $4,000 scholarship

Posted March 16th, 2020

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) students seeking their first associate or bachelor’s degree are encouraged to apply now for scholarship awards through Presbyterian Mission Agency’s Financial Aid for Service at pcusa.org/apply4scholarships.

Survey helps ministers learn how to cut their higher ed costs

Posted March 12th, 2020

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s first-ever comprehensive Minister Survey, fielded in fall 2019, has resulted in some 680 ministers receiving information on Presbyterian Mission Agency and Board of Pensions programs that can help them reduce their current educational debt and tap into financial aid programs for their children’s education.

PMA’s student loan forgiveness aids widowed pastor serving small Florida church

Posted September 10th, 2019

Without the support of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Rev. Denise McLeod isn’t sure she would have survived. A widowed minister serving a small church, Trinity Presbyterian, in Key West, Florida — and raising a son who is now a senior in college — she applied for the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s Loan Forgiveness for Pastors.